Ali Parsa

Ali Parsa is chairman of Centres of Clinical Excellence, a private healthcare group in the UK. In October 2005, The Guardian reported that the group was planning "to build a chain of private hospitals across England in partnership with hundreds of frustrated NHS consultants... The venture, probably the biggest private investment in hospital construction since the NHS was founded in 1948, has been triggered by the government's plans for patient choice, identified by Tony Blair in his speech to the Labour conference as the big theme of his third term. From 2008 people needing an operation will be entitled to select any hospital - public or private - that can work within NHS cost limits. The treatment will remain free for the patient and the hospital will be reimbursed by the taxpayer." 

According to The Guardian, Parsa is "a former merchant banker with Goldman Sachs".

Parsa's role at Goldman Sachs may have been as executive director of its media and technology business, as someone of that name, representing Goldman Sachs, appears in the list of participants in the "Streaming Europe" conference in October 2000.

SourceWatch resources

 * Centres of Clinical Excellence Limited

Articles

 * George Jarrett, "Streaming Europe A Success", Film and Video magazine, November 2000.
 * John Carvel, "NHS doctors back private hospitals plan", The Guardian, October 3, 2005.